Can anyone recommend a fairly cheap UK obd2 code reader n reset unit... Ive seem a few on amazon n euro parts sub £20.  I don't need rocket science just simple codes n resets 

I bought a simple one from Ebay, that worked perfectly, but as I've sold the Yeti...........................................
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Most cheap OBDII readers are just that, don't think many will go as far as resetting faults.

1 hour ago, Urrell said:

Most cheap OBDII readers are just that, don't think many will go as far as resetting faults.

 

With mine, you are reading the fault numbers on the phone/tablet and that gives you the option of resetting them.

41 minutes ago, Llanigraham said:

 

With mine, you are reading the fault numbers on the phone/tablet and that gives you the option of resetting them.

What make is it?

On 14/08/2020 at 22:24, Urrell said:

What make is it?

HH OBD Advanced

 

I had mixed results with the cheaper generic OBDII devices, but found the Carista unit to be widely compatible (VAG DPF, Torque etc) and reliable.

 

Link to Amazon

I bought a cheap one off flea bay from China figuring they were all much of a muchness.  Plugged it in and it didn't work, lights on but nobody home.  Then I did some research (yea, I know, should've done that first ! ).  Most of the cheap ones on flea bay are from Chinese sellers (even if they pretend to be UK sellers) and are either 1) run-ons from legit manufacturers orders with chinese factories where the extras get flogged out of the back door of the factory, 2) Knock-offs of an early ELM327 unit where the software code & hardware designs were stolen - sometimes these are repackaged in their own shell to create their own brand - or else a copy of a known brand, or 3) Knock-offs of the knock-offs where they stole the stolen code from another chinese company making counterfeits.

 

A few have a clue what they are doing, but some don't understand either the electronics or the code (or both), don't test the units before dispatch (possibly don't know how to) and have no quality control processes over the electronics.  The big problem is you really have no idea what you are buying from these fleabay outfits, even if it looks like a legit brand.  After returning the piece of junk from I'd bought I decided to buy an OBDLinkLX unit direct from one of the manufacturers main EU distributors since I didn't want to take the chance with another chinese knock-off in case it damaged my ECU.  Risking turning my ECU into a doorstop to save a coupe of quid was more of a gamble than I wanted to take again.